‘Tipu Jayanthi’: Prohibitory orders clamped in Karnataka’s historical town
Tipu Sultan was the 18th century ruler of Mysuru kingdom and fought the British. The graves of Tipu Sultan and his father Hyder Ali are located in Srirangapatna gumbaz.
Tipu Sultan was the 18th century ruler of Mysuru kingdom and fought the British. The graves of Tipu Sultan and his father Hyder Ali are located in Srirangapatna gumbaz.
The BJP leader said that if Siddaramaiah intends to celebrate the Tipu Sultan jayanti, he should do so in Pakistan.
Bommai said that the people of the State wouldn't forgive Congress leaders for displaying a soft corner for terrorists.
As per Hindu organisations, 'Salaam Aarti' was the symbol of slavery and was practiced to assert domination. They demanded ending the ritual.
As many as 16 people were arrested for attacking leader of the Opposition in Karnataka Assembly Siddaramaiah's convoy and endangering his life as row over Veer Savarkar took an ugly turn in the state.
It thus comes about that Tipu Sultan, the 18th century ruler of Mysore, has been relegated to the footnotes of history three years after Siddaramaiah’s Congress government had declared 10 November as Tipu Jayanti, an occasion that has been marked by debates and panel discussions on secularism and the contributions of the doughty ruler who had confronted the British during the high noon of the colonial era.
East Bengalis never realised that Urdu would be the national language of their new homeland and their beloved Bengali would become the language of their backyard. Jinnah had indeed sold them a mad dream that ended up dividing the Indian ummah into three. If only the Qaid had let them be, an undivided India would be today 40 per cent Muslim with the Prime Minister being always a momin. This was the biggest deception.
Sultan is famous in history for introducing a number of administrative innovations during his rule, including his coinage and a new land revenue system which initiated the growth of the Mysore's silk industry.
While the Targaryens and the Lannisters continue to fight for the coveted Iron Throne in the iconic TV series Game of Thrones, Manan Kapoor and Shruti Chakraborty of Sahapedia look at some of the historic Indian thrones that were symbols of power and wealth
Tipu, who died 220 years ago on 4 May, still plays an important – if not the central – role in the battle for Nava Karnataka whose outcome will be clear on 15 May.
